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I am creating a bioinformatics pipeline using Snakemake doing everying from adapter trimming of raw sequencing data in .fq to mapping, SNP calling and SNP filtering.

The issue i am having is when i try to filter specific chromosomes of the bcf files, using the --regions. The rule i have created below works and does create a filtered bcf file.

rule bcftools_filter:
    input:
        bcf = "/dir/{sample}_aligned_call.bcf",
    output:
        "/dir/{sample}_aligned_call_filter.bcf"
    threads: 20
    shell:
        "bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} -o {output}"

However i would like to add the --regions parameter to the bcftools command. I have tried the shell part of the rule to several things

bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} --regions <chr1,chr2> -o {output}
bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} --regions {chr1,chr2} -o {output}
bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} --regions {{chr1,chr2}} -o {output}
bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} --regions {{chr1} {chr2}} 
 {{chr2}} -o {output}
bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 -v snps {input.bcf} --regions ['chr1','chr2'] -o {output}

But it doesn't work, and i am having trouble finding any suggestions to this specific issue.

I know it works if i just run bcftools filter in my command line, so using --regions should work.

Could anyone have any suggestions how to add --regions to the snakemake rule?

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  • $\begingroup$ Have you tried expand() function? snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/snakefiles/… $\endgroup$
    – zorbax
    Aug 18, 2021 at 14:58
  • $\begingroup$ No i havent tried that, i didn't realize you could potentially use the expand() function for the shell part. But i will look into it $\endgroup$ Aug 18, 2021 at 16:29

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Something like the following would work:

rule bcftools_filter:
    input:
        bcf = "/dir/{sample}_aligned_call.bcf",
    output:
        "/dir/{sample}_aligned_call_filter.bcf"
    params:
        regions="chr1,chr2"
    threads: 20
    shell:
        "bcftools view -Ob --threads {threads} -m2 -M2 --regions {params.regions} -v snps {input.bcf} -o {output}"

You could also include the regions as part of the output file name, rather than specifying it as a param.

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  • $\begingroup$ Would a simple --regions \"chr1,chr2\" in the shell command not work? $\endgroup$
    – Ram RS
    Aug 18, 2021 at 22:12
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    $\begingroup$ You don't need to even quote it. However having it as a param allows you to set it elsewhere (e.g., the command line). $\endgroup$
    – Devon Ryan
    Aug 18, 2021 at 22:13

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